Tenpin.



UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEEIOE.

FREDERICK K. GOFF AND HENRYy P, SIMMONS, OF EAST PROVIDENCE,

i RHODE ISLAND.

TENPIN.;

Specification of Letters Patent.

repented May 15, 1906.

Application filed Marchv 22, 1905.V Serial No. 251,424.

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it .known that we, FREDERICK K. GOFF and HENRY P.` SIMMONS, citizensof the United States, residing at East Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tenpins, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to lmprovements in tenpins, and has for itspurposes, primarily, a

structure which will retain its original form after continued usage. Atpresent after temporary use of the hard material in the ball upon thecurved body of the pin reduces and renders irregular the diameter Of thelatter and in some instances causes cracks or fractures.

Our invention consists in providing a protecting-band at the mostexposed surface ofv the pin-body and, further, in providing a sec-vtional body.

In the accompanying drawings,l forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tenpin embodying our invention; Fig.2, a vertical central section of the same,'and Fig. 3 a transversesection on line of Fig. 2.

Like reference characters indicate like parts ,throughout the views.

In the drawings, A represents the up er or neck portion of the pinprovided witg a flat bottom and central projection a. The latter has athreaded surface a. The pinbody B has a vertical central threadedOpening b to receive the threaded shank or projection a. The side of thebodyis channeled,

' b, to receive a thick compressed-paper band O. The exterior of theband is curved, c, to correspond with the contour of the remainder ofthe body. The band C is frictionally seated in the channel b prior toscrewing the shank a into the pin-body.

The channel b 1n the body B extends to the upper end of the body, andhence it will be o served that when the body is disconnected from theupper or neck portion the band C the impact may be readily removed andas readily replaced with a new band.

The compressed-paper band is efficient in preventing the impact of theball from injurlng the 1n, and yet it does not unduly in crease t eweight fof the pin or render the same more noisy or more sprin y orelastic than when it .is formed entire y of wood. The latter will beappreciated as an important advantage when it is remembered that ibecause of it scores made with pins embodying our invention may bejustly compared with scores made with all wood pins. Moreover, the bandof compressed paper does not tend to crack or otherwise injure the ballsused in bowling, which balls are generally made of wood.

Having described our invention, what we claim is-l f 1 A ten incomprising a neck member, a body mem er detachably connected to the neckmember and having a circumferential channel in its side extending to itsupper end, and an auxiliary band removably arranged in the channel .ofthe body member 'and against the neck member.

2. A tenpin com risin a neck member having a central, epenng vandthreaded projection, a body member having a central threaded o eningreceiving the threaded pro,-

- jection of t e neck member and also having a circumferential channelin its side extending to its upper end, and an auxiliary band removablyarranged in the channel of the body member and against the neck member.

3. A, ten in comprising a body of wood, and a bandp of compressed paper,surrounding the body of wood and arranged to receive the impact of aball rolled against the pin.Y

In testimony whereof we lhave afixed our signatures in` presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICKl K. GOFF. HENRY P. SIMMONS.

Witnessesz,

HORATIO E. BELLOWS, ,WILLIAM E. BROWN.

